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Charley Blaine: This month's rally has run into some pressure. Friday's jobs report may add to that. Key earnings: Amazon.com, Exxon, UPS.


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The company may seek to raise as much as $10 billion, The Wall Street Journal says, with a market cap of $75 billion to $100 billion. That would make the company more valuable than Amazon.com.

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